Should the Democrats hang on to the White House in the upcoming presidential election, a fine-tuning of President Obama's Affordable Care Act may well become Hilary Clinton's initial priority.

Although Clinton has shied away from committing to such a policy focus should she be elected, a panel of health care reform experts hosted by Americans United for Change in Philadelphia this week offered compelling reasons for doing just that.

As reported by The Hill, panelists discussed the ACA's essential failure to truly make health insurance affordable to the masses. The structure now exists for affordable care, but the process that will be required to make medical care affordable will be nearly as difficult to create and implement as was the ACA itself.

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Dan Cook

Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.